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Hardly a sequel, this felt like Disney greenlit a cartoon series, then pulled the plug after 3 episodes, and just decided to smoosh them all together and call them a movie. Besides Corey Burton's mole character, this is entirely forgettable.

OK, first off, the fact that there's a sequel to Atlantis: The Lost Empire makes no sense considering how that film was a box office disappointment. I get that there's somewhat of a fan base for it, but most people were very split on that film. But we got a sequel anyway, and I gotta say, man, was it horrible! I kid you not when I say that out of all the straight-to-video sequels, this is my number one most HATED of the bunch. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. I don't even think fans of the first Atlantis would like this film. I thought the original film was alright, but they could have fixed the problems the first one had if they were going to make a sequel to it, but unfortunately, they did not. And not to mention it took the things I liked about the first one, and completely eliminated them.

Even with a lot of creativity and the same charismatic characters as before, "Atlantis: Milo's Return" gives us even worse plotholes than before, repetitive soundtrack and much inferior animation, if compared to the original, which, for a sequel, is plain inexcusable.

This is yet just another poor excuse of a Disney sequel. I mean this movie just plan stinks, it's nowhere near the first one. And it's called Milo's Return, but didn't Milo stay in Atlantis in the end of the first one? How can he return when HE NEVER LEFT??

A strange ocean monster has arrived on the surface that resembles a sea monster of sorts. When Milo and his friends discover these rumors, they begin investigating and quickly encounter the monster. They believe the monster may be from Atlantis. They must first stop the beast and discover why Atlantis would send such a creature to the surface.

"Let the lobster chew on that."

Three directors collaborate to deliver Atlantis: Milo's Return. The storyline for this picture is just okay and wasn't as good as the previous film. The animation was very good and on par with the first Atlantis picture. The voices were not as good as the first film as many voices were replaced with new actors.

"He's going to have a limp after that one."

I came across this on Netflix and never even knew this movie had been made. My daughter and I watched this recently and she thoroughly enjoyed it. This movie is fairly cheesy but definitely has some unique elements to keep your child's attention. This is definitely a below average addition to the genre, but worth a viewing.

As a film, Milo's Return largely fails, with three barely connected stories filling out its runtime. However, when viewed as what it actually is, the first three episodes of a (cancelled before it hit the air) television series, it fairs much better. Without the requirement of a strong narrative link between each plot, each story is enjoyable in its own right and its easy to see how it could have developed into a strong series. It shows considerable growth in character and tone even from the first to third "episode". Viewed in that context, fans of the sadly underrated film or of television animation will certainly find enough here to make it worth their time.